Illustration: At a Japanese archery practice ground, a circular target stands against the earthen backstop beyond the wooden shooting platform. Several arrows are embedded around its center. An archer on the platform holds a long bow after releasing another shot, eyes fixed on the rings.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

的まと

mato

target

Example sentences

矢やが的まとに当あたる。
The arrow hits the target.
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弾丸だんがんは的まとをかすめた。
The bullet glanced off the target.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
矢やは的まとからひどく外はずれた。
The arrow fell wide of the mark.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 的

的bull's eye; markOnテキKunまと

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